Many people have asked me about breeding India Peafowl. There are many colors and patterns mutated from this species. The wild type India bird was Blue in color. The Blue is the dominate color with barred wings and is also a dominate pattern. Below is a list of what you can get when breeding different combinations. Percentages results are an average of peachicks born.

India Blue to India Blue produces India Blue.

India Blue to Black Shoulder produces all India Blue chicks and carries the Black Shoulder pattern. These birds are referred to as split or “Heterozygous”, which means a bird looks one color and pattern but carries another color or pattern.

Cameo Black Shoulder cock to Black Shoulder hen produce Black Shoulder cocks split Cameo and Cameo Black Shoulder Hens. In examples 9 through 17, the Purple color or Peach color could be used in place of the Cameo color because all three are sex link recessive.